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PO ge Bl ne I ee POPEYE « 18 candidly admitted that there may have been some pressure, He didn't have any direct information but thought there had been ",..pressure from both sides", Jason: “She snuck away while everybody was asleep one night... she called me and said: ‘I'm sorry about that and T'l] help you now', So... she testified for us... that saying that I had framed Popeye was a bunch of bullshit. She came back out of conscience... "She couldn't help much, she never remembered dates, never remembered times... it was & big problem. There was nothing concrete she could say about Popeye that would really hang him." Having changed her story, the jury didn't believe her. Sister Sandra also recanted, leaving the prosecution with no one but the arresting officers who had bungled the evidence, lost the tennis shoes, and were not credible because of their bullshit about Popeye giving permission to search his car. The Bay Area is not the place to try to convict a revolutionary; the most rad- ical groups in the country are there and have a broad base of support in the community. There's no better place to get a good jury, and Popeye's returned a not puilty. Popeye, however, wag on parole. The parole board - they call] themselves the Adult Authority - was to prove a more formidable opponent. If you're on par- ole and get arrested, they can keep you from making bail by placing a parole ‘hold’ and make you prepnre your defense from a jail cell. They can revoke your pnrrole oven after a jury finds you, innocent, After Popeye waa acquitted, thay dropped the parole hold and let him out of jail hut announced that thoy